Jewell by Christophe Matson, USA
Launchings in 2023
Please find below an album of the “Vivierboats” launched in 2023. I thank everyone who sent me photos of their boat, and I invite all builders to do the same…
Skol ar Mor launchings, august 8th, 2020
The French wooden boatbuilding school Skol ar Mor has launched seven boats in the small harbour of Kercabellec, in particular a 7 m long traditional cutter on my design.
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Launching at Skol ar Mor
Twice a year Skol ar Mor, a wooden boat-building school, launches the boats built by its students in the small port of Kercabellec in Mesquer, France. At the end of…
Kernic, a new sail-and-oar team boat
Kernic is sail-and-oar tems boat, that is to say sized for a crew of 5 to 6 people. There is 3 rowing thwarts, two rowers in the centre thwart side by side,…
Skol ar Mor launching, January 2016
Skol ar Mor is a high-level school, training traditional marine carpenters. During the 2 years course, the apprentices are building several boats, in order to learn various wooden boat techniques.…
Gabian: a lateen rigged boat
For many years, I had in mind to draw a Mediterranean boat, named pointu or barquette on the French Med coast. Michel Aubert, living in the countryside near Fréjus and…
Jewell, trailable gaff yawl, launched in Australia
Fontana is the first Jewell built in Australia by Tony O'Connor, my partner in this country. He writes "the wind was very gusty that day so I used the first reef, but…